2i6 BITTERSWEET 



after looking sagely about, start away after the more 

 satisfactory Thorn Apples or Mountain Ash berries. 

 The Bittersweet manifests a decided preference for 

 the Cedar, which it seldom strangles, but twines 

 about in a helpful way. Perhaps it is because the dark, 

 palm-like sprays of the evergreen afford the finest 

 contrasts for its glowing orange and scarlet. Nowhere 

 does it seem so well to deserve its common name 

 *' waxwork ** as when drooping between the shelving 

 foliage of a snow-decked Cedar. There it shows that 

 the season of fruition can reveal beauties rivalling the 

 bloom of spring, beauties unmarred by obtrusive 

 utility and free from the persistent and oppressive 

 sense of evanescence. 



